It looks perfect.

You started on the 15, lost 5 yards and ended on the 10.

Remember that each row needs each field in the first few columns. (Not sure why
your post didn't include the h/v in the first column for each row.)

MCook wrote:

Dave - Thanks that was helpful as well. The only part I can't figure out is
how to account for negative yardage, if we lose yards on a play. Take a look

h/v Yard Ln H/V 30 Gain H/V after Yard Ln After
H 25 H 5 H 30
30 H 5 V 25
25 V 5 V 30
20 V 5 V 25
15 V -5 V 10
20 V 15 H 25
5 V 5 V 10
0 0 0

"Dave Peterson" wrote:

I would use three columns to indicate the position of the ball.

The first column would be to indicate which team has the ball (Home/Visitor, for
example).

The second column would indicate the yard marker.

And the third would indicate which side of the 50 (home/visitor again)

Then the 4th column would have the net gain (just the number of yards).

The 5th column would have the AfterNetGainSideOf50 (a formula).

And the 6th column would be the AfterNetGainYardMarker:

I put that stuff in columns A:F with headers in row 1.

I used H and V as my indicators for columns A and C.

This was the formula in E2:
=IF(B2+D2<=50,C2,IF(C2="H","V","H"))

This was the formula in F2:
=IF(C2=E2,B2+D2,100-(B2+D2))


MCook wrote:

I am using Excel 2007. I keep stats for my son's football team. We would like
to chart the distance that each play in the series goes. The football field
starts on the "Zero" yard line and then goes to the 30 yard line(MID-FIELD),
and then start back down towards the "Zero" yard line on the other end. We
record the data in a spread sheet with columns for the yard line and then
another for the distance. Example below,

Yard Line Distance
25 yard line +5 yards
30 yard line -3 yards
27 yard line +4 yards
29 yard line +2 yards (This would be on opponents 29 yard line)

What type of chart could I use to accomplish this. How would I show the if
the play series started on our own or the oppents yard line?

Thanks

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Dave Peterson


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Dave Peterson